The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1911 Page: 1 of 5
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Ligh* Insurance.
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liarm
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At the !.our o:' j
day nv>, rilng 1 >cr. !
was ^iven t !• :<l i ],
had brivion Ici.h-;. ;
and in a- few t :: : «■ <<jt.-
zens wore ha:-;i.-;iin;v 1. man
street to 11 ud U.c" k \v vf weeder
buildings exUruiin.: jy<>ni Dtwr-
-ng & Co's bri.-k at, :-c» to the
Orient right of way, \V;;s doom-
ed. No attempt Wi s made to
save any of the bin: I...--, but
all effcrtn wcy t ui!,;■ J tow
nearby buiidfr;
course was s
and well it \
T;;cery stor
f'roni
walls of the AiL.m
Were pin.lied nw.i
lngVbrickr.li.ht i r
over the juii.s c;:i rving
coals for scve:\.! :
Within fifteen n.;,,-
wind' was bl<>..-;i; ••
south-eat t, but i'onu
fire was now on ti e e;rouni
■ I. For i $3000. inn. $4000: N. E.
McC»mick^i200. in: . $500; Let-
h>r and Huling $900. ins. $400:
I». P. Lollar $1000 ins. $800,
Ot.ifr losses were the entirv
stock of eon feet it n-» of Dw?A
Perkins, Rafe Carpenters Res-
taurant total loss; Alberta Bar-
ber Shop total loss. Pool Hall
total loss, Shooting Gallery total
loss; W. L. Harris' Tailor Shop
total loss; Smith's Restaurant
partial loss, Blair Coal & Feed
T! e ft es'Co- ?1500 loss $500 ins. with per-
iod ( e •:;.tn. j o^OO in total minor losses.
• ' ;ithe Reparations are being made
• < juean UjWf 'i? •*"" *'»« in tw in.
well iiM . •>'I vviy v-ncour::.; jrat-r,ii]y eahed upon. I Wiv*'®* Frrt "'"*1 wttntpr
ing. and tha town and count n ad-wed flint premfn^nti tin. tn» pTiwitv- •
the/eabou: aro n a stafo of r-.;- 'Vcrnc-i of tl.p «»»•*. a-m-r^'ly j not rwing to'ore,
psctancy awaiting furt'xr dc- ■!**<* frerriee on juriv« und rides #n<i »hoh i/iuji-.x
j Khali moke no rcc« tumcncfptjon
[other trine."
velopmonts.
Little
M!i4 scalfei
KfillJSf y.'Ji'ET
If.
to sujipiy the places thus de-
st royed by prick structures as
vi p; j ''-'Pifll.v as can be done. It will
jW(. | probably take two or three
; i), (years to get every thing r.«-
, placed, but what now seems a
cm the;fl ro mis-fortune will doubtless
-!y ti e, l,5'°ye a blessing ultimately.
Blair is too much of a business
Milltloas filrci'isf
the nifc'h^ of D«: 35, »
n"*ty vook Mr. Tom Want'#
hf)r*« and baggy which ww
KiUrhtnl in front of is' Su>r»,
•Irove it ktour d pti-tnitciou.-l.
or*r town ami adjoining field.
and whttn t red of the dev-itr,
cut the harness off th«* horvi
and tisd him to (he rack at tii*
U. P. Church.
Const tbk; Willis made search
and found a pair or torn p;.ntf
against the kettia and its entire l™ ,vide''ce that they hao
bofly was engulfed in the boiling >,0^*°'" a rider of the
La;st Friday rporrdn" while .1.
H. Garner was pr«p.-iirinj» to kill
at nis honi j in the Antiwh
c n.nanity his three year oW
child fell into a kettle of boiling
water, and was so badly srsldcd
that it died in a few minutes.
The child was playing in the
yard with a little wagon, which
it was pulling as it walked back-
ward toward the kettli*, un-
noticed by its parents. It ran
ff hA?fri*r days • ItSTO'«!>«•«
and t«iok > 1'tinii.r l«ath.
Mr. aa; VV ' , s ;
*aila Vv>,i«, n.
t'aMiwa* ts.gbt t« t^aend u in^iih
» Vu+* uaii^att-r, Mr.% iJ. 1 .
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v- tii> i f .r,tied in,
nwn* u{
<> the </«!•(;.- wm ■ v
UVv Av.
and protected front tin. w in.l by I P'"co> surrounded by as rich agri
large buiidingd. It i.; useless t0ieultural country as can be found
speculate as to the rest:!.,' had ia|1.vwhero, to Jretrograde. Let
this happened twenty irinutes
eailier, cr the piocrers cf the
fire been later. • Durins; li e en-
tire time <>f theory,#,-.; •
of the ccnflagriL:,,;^ v.as
only a suf/icitjpl 0f
the air to drifn^.-5 .--mo! e h_
ward.
The loss was as folii.ws: Allot;
Gardnir 3000. C. A. V, i' ;
$2000, neither ha I .. . •
F. L. Carfenter $l<«j0, ins -'i.ju.r
Tip Isham,
! everybody work and boost,
; all will be well.
and
at Eldoradi
water. \!niw. t before it was
taken from the kettle it was
dead.
The burial teok p!aee at the
Eldorado cemetery on Saturday
in the presence of a large num-
ber of sympathizing friends.
—Eldorado Courier
Wcson S3 Istm
Indicatians at Eldorado points
o valuable oil fields in that
section. About a year ago a well
was drilled on the farm of
David Rprsard, three miles fiom
Eldorado which produced a
mixture? of ail and water. Re-
fracts and circumstances war
ranUed the issuance of a wruj
Tur the siiest of tftcve Reese, ,
too late to ayprefie uled him. f
A card in.uied at Bridgeport. I
Tex., addressed to Dop. Will.'s,
said: — "i am the man that |
rode the horse and toce ray
punts., ha, ha. Will write you!
i Ai,'»in later, yours truly, S. R." j
9.i the back of the card was
ti.e picture of two Itfars, one I
isirrytag a gun by which wa«l
written, "I have been hunting j
for you," and one bear marked
' 'Frank, ' and the ether marked
"Steve."
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Olympia, Wash., Doc. SI
—Govercor Marion Hayes haf
denied the request of the women
of Sunnyside who sent, him a pe-
tition that he draft a bill exempt-
ing women from jury duty.,
He said: j
"Ladies who recently served' Over in Wood County a man
on a jury here, the first pince jarrested for kidnapping a
suffrage took effect are earnest I Kansas girl. Habeas Corpus pro
and sincere in their belief that I codings were begun to release
women should serve on juries.'»be fellow, when the sheriff in-
The trial judge of that ease
pr;\isHS their n^rvk c-g highly and
tile Accounts! |
first of a new year aiid
pay their aetes aad
ake them satisfactory,
c merchants have that to do to
ar credit, and we expect the same
oA casiomers.
j v
'» Eoi v/aat to send in any names
of my customers, but is you don't make
T:\- -* - : "53 satisfactory I will have to
w i J • e
which means that you
can s get: bredit from any other mer-
f&ant in rim towa or county, and the
$ have the same report.
give as much time as possible,
!' v;" ^ kave io report in a few days.
-.very one can save his credit if he will,
and if Its don't want to he should not
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rr?rers
I wi IS
have any.
&$ss
i. W. Reid
vemated in U
not be miacor
In t>«c be^iiJiiiiij of u uc*v yeur, "*ifc'i (</
tender sincere thanks lo .'our fricjd* an.;
p.'tlru.is for tlu liberal s.it:tr< of >uw' p.vtrun.! *;
which yojluve us Jjrin; Uu pt*t.
Wtt trust we have r.iv-iitcU a c«>nliiiu;<tior.
of your favors. If so, we are at your service at
th* snme old st^n i.
i'o oiir customers ^TtiaUeS vvitli us on
| f«JI ti.ue the past year, liue jT*uy that
we appreciate the way in \ xiefs you ti^vc co.r»e
In «n<J settled up, an J wlii turtiier sty tfa.it we
hope to be aole tu take care of you a£«iu U;is
coming; season. ^
There are a few, however, whose accounts
stHI show a bal inc^ due. If you have not set-
tled up in full' come in £Hgl Jo so at once. We
don't want to soil our new »>ii books with oki
1910 balances.
Again thanking you far past favors, and
wishing you all a happy and prosperous Ness
Year, we beg to remain,
Yours to serve.
Snow Groceay Co.
To each of our Customers and other
Friends. gs:
To make the year 1911 a happy one, relieve its
cares and amities, reduce its perplexities and wor-
| ries, and make its pathway as smooth as possible,
[ for each of you shall be our aim.
To this end we offer the bed stock of hardware
j is Jackson County. For the Farmer, the BEST
J TOOLS; for the Home, the BEST FURNITURE; for
I the man that rides, the BEST VEHICLES aad HAR-
| NESS; and for the General Trade' the BEST d ev-
ery tiling in our Mae, and at prices that are not a
| burden to pay.
191 l'Yours for a Glorious-1911
Lyon-Snodgrass Hwd. Cc
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Owen, J. B. The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1911, newspaper, January 5, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287298/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.